An Australian trekker made it to the international news after he recovered an important artifact from World War II that no one had ever seen before. He had been hiking the in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. What he most definitely did not expect was to find something this historically valuable that had been hidden in the deep forest of Papua New Guinea. The scene remained untouched despite being there for more than 70 years. How was he able to find the place and what exactly did he discover?
Kododa Trail
If you are an Australian, you must be familiar with the Kokoda Trail. This trail is located in the deep jungles of Papua New Guinea. This single-file path goes through the Owen Stanley mountain range. The said trail is, overall, about 60 miles (98 km) in terms of length. The trail serves as some sort of pilgrimage track in honor of the men who died fighting the Japanese forces back in the Second World War.
Kododa Trail
Honoring Their Ancestors
Every year, thousands of Australians trek through this difficult but alluring jungle path. This pilgrimage is largely done in remembrance of the fathers and grandfathers of many families the soldiers left behind during the war. Brian Freeman was a bit of a regular on this trek and he was familiar with its twists and turns. “I used to stand at the site where we thought the battle was fought and brief the trekkers about it – but things didn’t add up. It was too small, it wasn’t in a good defensive position. I mentioned this to a villager one day and he pointed up the hill and said: ‘That’s our village secret up there,’” he narrated. He never thought that things would finally come together soon enough.
Honoring Their Ancestors
